Top 25 games of note

Teams are starting to get into the meat of their schedules in Week 3, although a few teams had actual contests last week (Florida v. Texas A&M) while some had a cupcake upset them (Arkansas v. UL-Monroe).

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I think the Big10 is REALLY weak this year. Ohio State might be the best team, and they can't even win a game against Cal. Although to be fair their offense is MUCH better than it was last year... it just seems their defense has gotten MUCH worse.

- Florida State is the real deal.
- Oregon v. Alabama in the championship game....
- I don't think Stanford should have jumped up 12 spots in the rankings. They aren't that good.
- Notre Dame looked amazing against Michigan State. They made the Spartans look awful on D.
- The Utah v. BYU game was crazy....

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Florida State versus Clemson this weekend should be interesting. Will just have to see whether Clemson's defense implodes like it did with West Virginia. If It doesn't, it should be a pretty good game. Although anything can happen in the ACC since their teams seem to have no consistency.

Speaking of, Notre Dame definitely got a sweetheart deal in semi-joining the ACC. They can go to bowls over teams with a slightly better records which seems kind of messed up to me. It sounds like a 0 loss FSU would lose out to a 1 loss Notre Dame for going to the Orange Bowl. Wouldn't be surprised if the big football programs like FSU and Clemson would be looking to jump ship over that.

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The Noles looked really good. With that showing against a good Clemson team they deserved to be ranked above LSU IMO (who squeaked by Auburn)

LSU probably shouldn't have won. The problem is that the 'Noles have been down lately, and LSU has been up. So instead of giving credit where credit is due, you look at the scope of work over the past couple years, and let LSU still be ranked highly. The fact that Clemson dropped so far speaks volumes to this system.

I will never understand how a team drops in the rankings when they lose a close game or well played game against a team that is ranked higher then them. They should have lost, why are they punished?

A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams

LSU probably shouldn't have won. The problem is that the 'Noles have been down lately, and LSU has been up. So instead of giving credit where credit is due, you look at the scope of work over the past couple years, and let LSU still be ranked highly. The fact that Clemson dropped so far speaks volumes to this system.

I will never understand how a team drops in the rankings when they lose a close game or well played game against a team that is ranked higher then them. They should have lost, why are they punished?

I agree...I think they should do a preseason poll and then not another one until mid October. They only reason for the preseason poll is to allow the networks the ability to tought rankings in important non conference games.

How many times has a week team risen into the top 10 because they had a favorable schedule then they play a solid team and get crushed. Let's say Oregon State is a top flight team and goes 11-1...since they did not start ranked they will be lucky to make it into the top 10 but if they started the season at #18 then they could easily make it to the top and probably get a BCS at large.

I accept its a flawed system since you have 120 teams in the FBS and so many of them play FCS teams early in the season. This is a major reason why I wanted 4 super conferences where they only played each other with the possible exception for one game. The conference winners face each other for the national championship. Release everyone else to the bowls where NIU and and Boise St can also be invited. IMO if you do not win your conference then you should not be able to compete for a national title.

"If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less" General Eric Shinseki

LSU probably shouldn't have won. The problem is that the 'Noles have been down lately, and LSU has been up. So instead of giving credit where credit is due, you look at the scope of work over the past couple years, and let LSU still be ranked highly. The fact that Clemson dropped so far speaks volumes to this system.

All other sports except for the football team. Don't want to share that NBC contract with the hoi polloi.

From something I heard a long time ago, "ND Football Program is like the hot girl who flirts with mediocre guys just to piss off their girlfriends. Everyone else in the room know that they are not getting any, but even a slim possiblity of success makes guys ignore the sure thing that's sitting next to them."

Then in the end they take the kiss at the door (everything but Football) and think they just scored.